Rope clamp



R. E. JORDANVJR A ROPE CLAMP Fi1ed Aug. 1921 i line or other exible element .t rasage oa. raises.

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Born CLAMPL Applicationled August-5, A17921; Serial No. 490,902.

Tol all whom t may comer/n j Be' it lfznown that l, Renner- En YJenin-in,

Jr.,l ,a citizen of the Unitedy States, residing atllalls. iii-the county of Lau'derdaleand State o i Tennessed haveinvented avnew and useful TiopeClainp, of A.which the Vfollowing isa specilication. Y

I, lt is the object oiP4 this inventionto proa Y vide a simple means ywhereby a loop maybe held. atV a predetermined lengthin a` plow lathe accompanying `drawings v-:

Figure-1 shows in sideelevation, adevice constructefdin accordance `with the.` inven-k tion F;igure`2, isl an elevation showing the opposite side of .the .device from tha-tidefV pieted in Figure lgFigure 3 is a transverse Section; Figure 4 is transverse` section wherein the latch or retainer has lbeen retracted; Figure 5 is an elevation showing a modified form of the invention; Figure 6 is a longitudinal section of the device depicted in Figure 5,; Figure 7is anend elevation; and Figure 8 isa top plan. Y

As shown in Figure 1 of the dra-wings7 the device includes a tubular .body liwhicli,y it

desired,Y may be Vmade 'of a single strip 'of 'metah having overlapped ends'2 connected by securing elements 3. The tubular b ody -l is struck inwardly, to ',form longitudinal ribst); The sides of the body 1y areprovided with inclined cam slots 4: which slant outwardly in a direction oblique to one end of the body and to 'one longitudinal .edge there- Vof those ends of the cain slotswhich are ad-V jacent to said longitudinal edgeterminating in seats v5 which eXtendsjinwardly.toward Y' se the axis of the body. `There ispanopening in the body 1, at that end oi one cani slot which is adjacent to one end of the body, `the opening 6 being considerably larger than the corresponding end of the opposite cani slot,

for a purpose which will )be explained. herei inafter.` rlhe numeral 7 denotes a latchvorl retainer, in tlie-form oa pin, mounted to slide in the cam slots and provided at its ends with heads 8.

Thenumeral 10 designatesone end of a flexible element, 'the other end of the iiexible element being denoted by the numeral 11, and being provided with an enlargement or knot 12.* rlhe ends 10 and 11 of the flexible element extend through the tubular body 1, thev flexible element being fashioned into a loop k14., yrlflie enlargement or knot 12 engages one .Y end othebOdy'l, as showny in Figure 1. Y Theheads 8 on thflath Din 7kk prevent the latchy pin from moving endwise @et @fthe @am Slots 4., y.wllenfthe niais 10-` Catedin the Cain slots or in the seatsy 5. By

V pulling. onf the loopr '14,' the end l0 of the ijlefgible element. may be advanced, thereby.

causing theilathk nin' 7 torride along the. -f

ivigng in the-seats V5 and .6., .and being held securely but releasably therein; so that the i latch; pin lcannot slide backwardly" down the cani slotsh .YVlien thelatch pin 7 isri'n the position above described, and shownin Fig# ure 3,.;tlie endl() of the ,leiible element `is 7 bound.securelyagainst `the body lj,v the ribs .Qading in i bleelement. j y ,v 1 -f Vwltllias Vbeen pointed out hereinbefore that the openingis oflarger diameterthan the width of the opposite cam slot and itmay balding. thelsad end ofthe, flex-ir be observed at this point thatk the openingpt y l' Ais large enough toy permit the passage of one of the heads 8 y,of the latch pin 7, thesaid oppositepcam Aslotv being too narrowto permit the 'passage of the head. f Owing to the construction Vlast above described, the latch pin 7 may be pulled laterally intot-he position shown in Figure 4 of thedrawings, thereby facilitating the insertion ofthe loop ll through thebody 1,' the pin remaining` mounted in the body.

Passing to the 'form shown y there `is provided a tubular body l5 which maybe made out of a strip of metalhavingin Figure' 5,

overlapped ends 16' connected by Securing elements" 37. lin the sides of the 'body 15, cani slots 18 areiormed, there 'being seats `22 at the inner ends of the cam slots,the cani slotsfslanting as hereinbefore described,

Iand the seats projecting toward theaXis ot the body. p n

fr dog or retainer 195 which may have some resiliency, is located within the body 15V and is provided in one end `witha notch20 defining grippinga points 2 1, the dog having lateral vprojections 23 received inthe seats i 22. `@ne kend of the flexible element is shown at`-245and the other end of thellexi-r i ble elementY is shownat 25,the end 25 hav-` ing'a'n enlargement26 engaging one endot` the body 15, the flexible element being fashioned finto a loop, as before.

y of the slots 18.

i enhance the hold of the body 15 on thejendH y done by pulling the end 2e ot' the tleXible ele-kv The loop of the flexible element is thrust through the body V.and the dog- 19 is mounted in place, the projections 23 of the dog being inserted into the seats 22, by Way When the part 2e of the flexible element is drawn in the direction ,o the arrow A in Figure 6, obviously, the points 21 of the dog Will engage in the said end oi: the iiexible eleinent and hold the same, the loop being helda-t a predetermined size. rllie function of the opening 17 is to 24-l of the flexible eleinent.V Shouldthe operator desire to disengagethe dog- 19 from the' end 2L1'ofgthe liexible element, this may be Vnient in a Ydirection opposite tov that indicatedpby the arrow A in Figure `6, the hold or' the dog being loosened, and the dog,

' xsubsequently,lbeing inanipuletedrby the-Opf ,y erator, tlirough'the instrun'ientality ofthe projections 23 which, asshown in Figure 7, Vproject for that purpose. rifhe dog 19 is so inclined with respect to the 'ende 211 of the flexible element, -thatthe end 211- Willslide freely across the dog, when the-end 24 is plulle'd in a'. direction opposite to that inc i'cated by the arrow A, Whereas, when the end 24 is'pulled in an'opposite direction, the (log Vwill gripthe said end.

end-Wise as `aforesaid. s In testimony that I claiin the foregoing as- Whatis claimed is ln a device of the class described, a tubu larr body provided in its sides with cani slots which slant outwardly in a direction oblique to one end oit' the body and to one longitudinal yedge of the body, those ends of the cani slots which are adjacent tosaid longitudinal edge ofthe body being provided with seats which n extend toward the axis of the body, trans-v iii the seats, the openingbeing of sufticient size to pei-init one head of the retainer to pass therethrough when the retainer is inoved end-Wise, the said head beingo suifiicient size that it Cannot passthi'ough the I other cam slot when the retainer is*y moved iny own, I haverhereto aliixed iny signature in the presence of a Witness'. f

ROBERT ED JORDAN, Jn.,` Witness: f

y FRED R. HURT. 

